Posts Tagged ‘Willie’
‘Volume’ Lacks Insight, But Don’t Miss the Spectacle
The canvas that was the 1990s started out blindingly white and died a murky, bloodstained mess. ‘Pump Up the Volume: a ’90s Palooza,’ San Diego Musical Theatre’s salute to the era, doesn’t quite know why that’s so — but as a spectacle in and of itself, you could do a lot worse.
Read More‘Fallen Angels’ Ignores the Important Stuff
Men do enjoy fooling themselves into thinking they’re something they’re not, and it’s their wives’ job to join in the fun accordingly. That’s the take-away from North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘Fallen Angels.’ Now, if it only had some characters to impart the lesson…
Read More‘Happy Days’: The ‘Bad Boys’ Are Up to Their Old Tricks
“We have met the enemy,” cartoonist Walt Kelly’s Pogo said, “and he is us.” Playwright Samuel Beckett declared the same thing in his play “Happy Days,” current entry from the reborn Sledgehammer_. No doubt about it: Sam’s play is a lot funnier than a platitudinous opossum any day.
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